al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3628
✧ Prohibition of Writing Other Than the Quran
Show the chain
وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ خَلِيفَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ عُرْفُطَةَ، قَالَ:
كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ عُمَرَ ؓ إِذْ أُتِيَ بِرَجُلٍ مِنْ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ مَسْكَنُهُ بِالسُّوسِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: أَنْتَ فُلَانُ ابْنُ فُلَانٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَضَرَبَهُ بِعَصًا مَعَهُ، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَا لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسَ، فَقَرَأَ عَلَيْهِ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، الر تِلْكَ آيَاتُ الْكِتَابِ الْمُبِينِ إِنَّا أَنْـزَلْنَاهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ الْقَصَصِ، الْآيَةَ، فَقَرَأَهَا عَلَيْهِ ثَلَاثًا، وَضَرَبَهُ ثَلَاثًا، فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: مَا لِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ الَّذِي نَسَخْتَ كِتَابَ دَانْيَالَ ؟ قَالَ: مُرْنِي بِأَمْرِكَ أَتَّبِعْهُ، قَالَ ؓ: انْطَلِقْ فَامْحُهُ بِالْحَمِيمِ وَالصُّوفِ الْأَبْيَضِ، ثُمَّ لَا تَقْرَأْهُ أَنْتَ، وَلَا تُقْرِئْهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَلَإِنْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ قَرَأْتَهُ أَوْ أَقْرَأْتَهُ أَحَدًا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ لَأَهْلَكْتُكَ عُقُوبَةً، ثُمَّ قَالَ ؓ لَهُ: اجْلِسْ، فَجَلَسَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ أَنَا، فَانْتَسَخْتُ كِتَابًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ، ثُمَّ جِئْتُ بِهِ فِي أَدِيمٍ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: مَا هَذَا الَّذِي فِي يَدِكَ يَا عُمَرُ ؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ: كِتَابٌ نَسَخْتُهُ لِنَزْدَادَ بِهِ عِلْمًا إِلَى عِلْمِنَا، قَالَ: فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى احْمَرَّتْ عَيْنَاهُ، ثُمَّ نُودِيَ بِالصَّلَاةِ جَامِعَةً، فَقَالَتِ الْأَنْصَارُ: أُغْضِبَ نَبِيُّكُمُ، السِّلَاحَ السِّلَاحَ فَجَاؤُوا حَتَّى أَحْدَقُوا بِمِنْبَرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ: لَقَدْ أَتَيْتُكُمْ بِهَا بَيْضَاءَ نَقِيَّةً، فَلَا تَتَهَوَّكُوا، وَلَا يَغُرَّنَّكُمُ الْمُتَهَوِّكُونَ قَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ: فَقُمْتُ، فَقُلْتُ: رَضِيتُ بِاللهِ رَبًّا، وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا، وَبِكَ رَسُولًا، ثُمَّ نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Yaʿlá
- ʿAbd al-Ghaffār b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Zubayr
- ʿAlī b. Mushir
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Isḥāq
- Khalīfah b. Qays
- Khālid b. ʿUrfuṭah
✧ I was sitting with 'Umar ؓ when a man from 'Abd al-Qays whose residence was in al-Sus was brought to him. 'Umar ؓ said to him: "Are you so-and-so son of so-and-so, the 'Abdi?" He said: "Yes." He struck him with a stick he had. The man said: "What is my fault, O Commander of the Faithful?" 'Umar ؓ said to him: "Sit down." He sat down. Then he recited to him: "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Alif Lam Ra. These are the verses of the clear Book. Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran so that you may understand. We relate to you the best of stories..." He recited it to him three times and struck him three times. The man said: "What is my fault, O Commander of the Faithful?" He said: "Are you the one who copied the Book of Daniel?" He said: "Command me with your command and I will follow it." He ؓ said: "Go and erase it with hot water and white wool. Then do not read it yourself, nor teach it to anyone among the Muslims. If it reaches me that you have read it or taught it to any Muslim, I will destroy you as a punishment." Then he ؓ said to him: "Sit down." He sat before him. He said: "I went and copied a book from the People of the Book, then brought it in a piece of leather. The Messenger of God ﷺ said to me: 'What is this in your hand, O 'Umar?' I said: 'O Messenger of God, a book I copied to add knowledge to our knowledge.' The Messenger of God ﷺ became angry until his eyes reddened. Then the call to prayer was made: 'Gather for prayer.' The Ansar said: 'Your Prophet has been angered! To arms! To arms!' They came and surrounded the pulpit of the Messenger of God ﷺ. He said: 'I brought it to you white and pure, so do not be confused, and let not the confused deceive you.' 'Umar ؓ said: 'I stood up and said: I am content with God as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with you as Messenger.' Then the Messenger of God ﷺ descended."
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording. Ask what scholars say about its grade
What scholars said about it
In their own words, as Hadith Unlocked records them. They are shown, not summarised into a grade.
- Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī
في سنده عبد الرحمن بن إسحاق الواسطي وهو ضعيف
machine translationIn its chain is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Isḥāq al-Wāsiṭī, and he is weak (ḍaʿīf).
in المطالب العالية, p. 3628 - al-Bukhari
لم يصح حديثه
machine translationHis ḥadīth is not sound (lam yaṣiḥḥ).
in المطالب العالية, p. 3628 - Abū al-Ḥasan Nur al-Dīn ʿAlī b. Abi Bakr al-Haythamī
فيه عبد الرحمن بن إسحاق ضعفه أحمد وجماعة
machine translationIn it is ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Isḥāq, whom Aḥmad and a group of scholars graded as weak (ḍaʿʿafa).
in المطالب العالية, p. 3628
Other narrations of this report
Musnad Ahmad 15156Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 26948Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 10233Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 20139
Narrators
- Commander of the Faithful (amīr al-muʾminīn), well-known, of abundant virtues (jamm al-manāqib)d. 23 AH, also said: 24 AHعُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابأمير المؤمنين مشهور جم المناقبقال له
- Companion (ṣaḥābī).d. 60 AH, or 61 AH, or 64 AH, or after 64 AH.خَالِدِ بْنِ عُرْفُطَةَصحابي.عن
- خَلِيفَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍعن
- weak (ḍaʿīf)عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَضعيفعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), with some odd reports (gharāʾib) after he went blindd. 189 AHعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍثقة له غرائب بعد ما أضرحدثنا
- d. 240 AH, or before it, or shortly after it, or 243 AHعَبْدُ الْغَفَّارِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِحدثنا
- d. 307 AHأَبُو يَعْلَى
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.